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Project-based MOOCs. A Field Report on Open Learning in Media Education
Friederike Siller, Jasmin Bastian, Jöran Muuß-Merholz and Tabea Siebertz
Dropout. Nearly 7 out of 10 course members stated
that they participated on a regular basis (69 %). Among
these, 50% participated in course activities on a daily basis,
33 % when a new task was assigned, 13 % on a weekly
basis and 4 % less than on a weekly basis. Dropout rate
was at 31 %. Reasons given for not finishing the course
included workload (45 %), publicity of the course (6 %);
course was no fun (2 %), lack of time (22 %), private reasons
(12 %) and course structure (12 %) (See Table 3).
Participation N=158
1 - Active Participation 109 (69 %)
2 - Daily 55 (50 %)
3 - Task-Assignment 36 (33 %)
4 - Weekly 14 (13 %)
5 - Rarely 4 (4 %)
6 - Drop out 49 (31 %)
7 - Workload 22 (45 %)
8 - Publicity 3 (6 %)
9 - No fun 1 (2 %)
10 - Lack of time 11 (22 %)
11 - Private reasons 6 (12 %)
12 - Course structure 6 (12 %)
Table 3: Active Participation and Dropout Rate (n=158)
Outcome and learning results. Most participants indicated
that their expectations were fulfilled (74 %). Also,
most were content with course input (86 %) and stated
that they gained knowledge of the course topic (76 %).
With respect to the diversity of course participants, 80
% reported that they looked upon heterogeneities of the
group favorably, only 17 % neglected that. Results indicate
that course members were in the majority content
with the collaborative work with respect to a) set of criteria
(60 % very satisfied/satisfied) b) app database (64 %
very satisfied/satisfied) (see Table 4).
Outcome / Learning Results N=182 Outcome / Learning Results N=182
Expectations
Quality of criteria catalogue
Have been fulfilled 134 (74 %) Very satisfied 48 (26 %)
Have not been fulfilled 40 (22 %) Satisfied 61 (34 %)
No Answer 8 (4 %) Rather dissatisfied 17 (9 %)
Satisfaction with course input Dissatisfied 5 (3 %)
Yes 157 (86 %) I don’t know 31 (17 %)
No 16 (9 %) No Answer 20 (11 %)
No Answer 9 (5 %)
Table 4: Outcome and Learning Results (n=182)
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